John W Booth

Birth

John Wilkes Booth was born to Junius Brutus Booth Booth and Mary Ann Holmes in Bel Air, Maryland. .He was the 9th of 10 children.

Nov 10, 1852

Father Dies

Died from a fever aboard a steamboat.

Aug 14, 1855

Debut Performasnce

Debut performance in a play at Baltimore's Charles Street Theatre.

Dec 2, 1859

John Brown's Excecution

When John Brown was excecuted tensions between the North and South started to increase, pushing us that much closer to a civil war.

Nov 20, 1860

Election

Abraham Lincoln wins the election

Apr 12, 1861

Beggining of the Civil War

After the attack on Fort Sumpter the Civil War had begun

May 11, 1863

Taking Five

A respitory illness took hold of Booth while on tour causing him to take a temporary break from his lead role.

May 17, 1864

Foiled Abduction

Booth had a team coordinated to abduct Lincoln on his way to see a play, but his plans were stopped short when Lincoln decided to skip the play and go speak to the 140th Indiana Regiment.

Apr 14, 1865

Assasination

While President Lincoln, his wife Mary, and Major Henry Rathbone were whatching a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., Booth slipped into their box and shot the President in the back of the head and stabbed Major Rathbone. In his escape, Booth jumped from the box onto the stage, breaking his ankle. However, he still managed to elude capture by Federal officials.

Apr 15, 1865

The Chase

John Wilkes Booth is the most wanted men in the U.S.A. he has successfully fled into Maryland countryside. He is forced to find a place to rest because his leg is injured and his horse is tired from the journey. He now hides in the house of the physician and Confederate sympathizer Dr. Samuel Mudd.

Apr 24, 1865

Search Party

The search party was officially sent out immediatly after Lincoln's assassination.

Apr 26, 1865

Death

After being caught in Garett's barn, the building was set on fire. Booth refused to come out, and later shot in the neck.

May 9, 1865

South Surrenders

General Robert E. Lee surrenders officially ending the Civil War.

Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Nov 10, 1852

School

John attended a quaker-run,milton boarding school for boys in Sparks Maryland. He later attended St.Timothy’s hall until the death of his father.

Period: Jan 1, 1859 to Dec 31, 1859

Shakespearean Stock Company

John Wilkes Booth's acting carreer really started to take off when he joined this company and started to become famous.